I was up there in '92 when it was mostly dirt. It was great drifting around the hairpins flat out at 20 mph. LOL! No forced induction back then!
Mrs. Trucke and I went up in 2020. (We were liquidating my parents estate in Colorado Springs). Now it is all paved and there is a fee. On the way down down there is a station where everyone stops and brake temps are checked. Too hot and you are forced to pull aside to allow them to cool. We had the Highlander, so we just manually dropped it into 2-3 gears and had no issues.
We encountered many on the way down on the side of the road with smoking front brakes.
Pic from ride up!
